Zaarir: administrative captives will begin escalatory steps

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Palestinian MP Bassem Zaarir announced that the administrative detainees will start escalatory steps, including open hunger strike to end their detention, adding that the prisoners’ suffering has continued in the absence of a real move to release them.

Zaarir, who was released on Thursday from the occupation jails after one year of detention, stressed that the administrative detention represents a violation of international laws.

He warned of the Israeli attempts to kill the spirits of the Palestinian people by targeting the leaders, icons and MPs by the administrative detention, noting that the number of administrative detainees increased to more than 160.

ON TORTURE

Report: Published by Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights | June 26, 2012

“On Torture” is an edited volume of essays by Palestinian, Israeli and international legal and medical experts and practitioners based on presentations that they gave during a workshop held in Jerusalem in April 2011 entitled, “Securing Accountability for Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment (CIDT) in Israel: New Trends and Comparative Lessons”.

The essayists explore the history of torture in Israel, the daily challenges that practitioners face in seeking accountability for torture and CIDT in Israel, and the changing face of torture.